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French defence

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French defence

Summary

French defence is a chess term[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of chess_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,164 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • French defence's instance of is recorded as chess term[3].
  • French defence's instance of is recorded as chess opening[4].
  • French defence is a type of Semi-Open Game[5].
  • French defence is a type of King's Pawn Game[6].
  • French defence's sport is recorded as chess[7].
  • French defence's topic's main category is recorded as Q31956640[8].
  • French defence's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/french-defense[9].
  • French defence's different from is recorded as Fransk[10].
  • French defence's Portable Game Notation is recorded as e4 e6[11].
  • French defence's position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation is recorded as rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/4p3/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chess term[3] and chess opening[4]. Recorded subclass of include Semi-Open Game[5] and King's Pawn Game[6].

Why It Matters

French defence ranks in the top 5% of chess_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,164 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → chess term, chess opening
    Sport → chess
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Fransk
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293887405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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